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Dereflection Any Image with Diffusion Priors and Diversified Data

arXiv 2503.17347 ↗First posted 21 Mar 2025cs.CVcited by 12

On the map: Diffusion models → Inverse problems and image restoration

Abstract (arXiv)

Reflection removal of a single image remains a highly challenging task due to the complex entanglement between target scenes and unwanted reflections. Despite significant progress, existing methods are hindered by the scarcity of high-quality, diverse data and insufficient restoration priors, resulting in limited generalization across various real-world scenarios. In this paper, we propose Dereflection Any Image, a comprehensive solution with an efficient data preparation pipeline and a generalizable model for robust reflection removal. First, we introduce a dataset named Diverse Reflection Removal (DRR) created by randomly rotating reflective mediums in target scenes, enabling variation of reflection angles and intensities, and setting a new benchmark in scale, quality, and diversity. Second, we propose a diffusion-based framework with one-step diffusion for deterministic outputs and fast inference. To ensure stable learning, we design a three-stage progressive training strategy, including reflection-invariant finetuning to encourage consistent outputs across varying reflection patterns that characterize our dataset. Extensive experiments show that our method achieves SOTA performance on both common benchmarks and challenging in-the-wild images, showing superior generalization across diverse real-world scenes.

Key facts. Cited by 12 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026). Placed in Inverse problems and image restoration, one of 14 directions in Diffusion models. Builds on 42 of its 58 references that are in the map. First posted on arXiv 21 Mar 2025.

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42 of 58 references.

Closest ancestors · 8

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  1. 2024Flash-Split: 2D Reflection Removal with Flash Cues and Latent Diffusion Separation31 Dec
  2. 2024PromptRR: Diffusion Models as Prompt Generators for Single Image Reflection Removal4 Feb
  3. 2023SinSR: Diffusion-Based Image Super-Resolution in a Single Step23 Nov
  4. 2023Diff-Retinex: Rethinking Low-light Image Enhancement with A Generative Diffusion Model25 Aug
  5. 2023Exploiting Diffusion Prior for Real-World Image Super-Resolution11 May
  6. 2023DiffIR: Efficient Diffusion Model for Image Restoration16 Mar
  7. 2022Denoising Diffusion Restoration Models27 Jan
  8. 2021Deblurring via Stochastic Refinement5 Dec

Other references · 34

  1. 2021Learning Transferable Visual Models From Natural Language Supervisioncited by 33,744
  2. 2020Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Modelscited by 21,076
  3. 2015U-Net: Convolutional Networks for Biomedical Image Segmentationcited by 19,713
  4. 2021High-Resolution Image Synthesis with Latent Diffusion Modelscited by 18,863
  5. 2014Microsoft COCO: Common Objects in Contextcited by 17,608
  6. 2018The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Deep Features as a Perceptual Metriccited by 11,177
  7. 2020Denoising Diffusion Implicit Modelscited by 9,781
  8. 2023Segment Anythingcited by 8,234
  9. 2023Adding Conditional Control to Text-to-Image Diffusion Modelscited by 5,503
  10. 2022RePaint: Inpainting using Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Modelscited by 1,430
  11. 2024Depth Anything: Unleashing the Power of Large-Scale Unlabeled Datacited by 1,360
  12. 2022Plug-and-Play Diffusion Features for Text-Driven Image-to-Image Translationcited by 906
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  1. 2021Uformer: A General U-Shaped Transformer for Image Restorationcited by 866
  2. 2022Simple Baselines for Image Restorationcited by 708
  3. 2022SmartBrush: Text and Shape Guided Object Inpainting with Diffusion Modelcited by 278
  4. 2024StableNormal: Reducing Diffusion Variance for Stable and Sharp Normalcited by 154
  5. 2018Single Image Reflection Separation with Perceptual Lossescited by 98
  6. 2024What Matters When Repurposing Diffusion Models for General Dense Perception Tasks?cited by 74
  7. 2020Polarized Reflection Removal with Perfect Alignment in the Wildcited by 69
  8. 2017A Generic Deep Architecture for Single Image Reflection Removal and Image Smoothingcited by 60
  9. 2019Single Image Reflection Removal through Cascaded Refinementcited by 58
  10. 2019Single Image Reflection Removal Exploiting Misaligned Training Data and Network Enhancementscited by 54
  11. 2020Location-aware Single Image Reflection Removalcited by 43
  12. 2023Single Image Reflection Separation via Component Synergycited by 38
  13. 2023Revisiting Single Image Reflection Removal In the Wildcited by 33
  14. 2021Trash or Treasure? An Interactive Dual-Stream Strategy for Single Image Reflection Separationcited by 32
  15. 2024Reversible Decoupling Network for Single Image Reflection Removalcited by 22
  16. 2024Low-Light Image Enhancement via Generative Perceptual Priorscited by 21
  17. 2024Language-guided Image Reflection Separationcited by 16
  18. 2020Learned Dual-View Reflection Removalcited by 14
  19. 2022Robust Reflection Removal with Flash-only Cues in the Wildcited by 14
  20. 2024Efficient Diffusion as Low Light Enhancercited by 13
  21. 2019Face Image Reflection Removalcited by 10
  22. 2022Improved Multiple-Image-Based Reflection Removal Algorithm Using Deep Neural Networkscited by 5

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  1. 2024Single-image reflection removal via self-supervised diffusion models
  2. 2026Reflection Separation from a Single Image via Joint Latent Diffusion
  3. 2026From Synthesis to Removal: Physics-Grounded Reflection Simulation and Diffusion-Based Video Dereflection
  4. 2026LowAux-RDNet: Low-Pass Residual Supervision with Scene-Balanced Real-World Training for Single-Image Reflection Removal
  5. 2022Bi-Noising Diffusion: Towards Conditional Diffusion Models with Generative Restoration Priors
  6. 2024Diff-Shadow: Global-guided Diffusion Model for Shadow Removal
  7. 2023A Unified Conditional Framework for Diffusion-based Image Restoration
  8. 2023Reflected Diffusion Models